The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems
Molly McCully Brown’s poetry collection takes its title from the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded. Addressing the institution’s historical and linguistic legacy through poetry, the book invites reflection on disability, memory, and the ways institutions shape how lives are understood and remembered.
About This Book
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems is a poetry collection by Molly McCully Brown.
The collection’s title centers on the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, an institution whose name reflects the medical and social language of its era.
Through poetry, the book engages with the histories, meanings, and human implications associated with that institutional subject.
It is suited to readers interested in contemporary poetry, disability history, and literary examinations of institutional language.
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